Sheet material display device



Nov. Z, 1948. J. A. TAYLOR 2,453,047

` SHEET MATERIAL DISPLAY DEVICE Filed May 4, 1946 l 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 `Patented Nov. A2, 1948 ySHEET MATERIAL DISPLAY DEVICE i John Austintrayloa; Elmhurst, N. Y., assigner-to l Heinz A rt Service, New York, N. Y.4

` ,application Mayta, 1946, serial No. 667,455I

` i f l `aclantis (o1. 1o-12er This inventionlrelates tor new and `usefulim-` provements `in display forms,.and has"particular reference to a collapsiblelcardboard structure primarily intended for use in `store. .windows,. `on counters, and in similar places. z. r 1

. It `isa generalobjectof `my invention `to provide an improved displaytdevice composed: entirely of cardboard or equivalent inexpensive sheet material whichz'can be. quickly and easily adjusted at will Vfrom acollapsed, substantially atcondition; to an operative Set-upcOnditiOn.

A more particular` object of myinventionzis :to provide a `device whose structural `nature, and 'surface embellishment vis `ofsuch a character ythat when theldevice islset up. it will simulate oneor more articles orothercommercial items. The invention is primarily applicabletothe `depiction of bottles :whose simulation is capable `of accomplishment byjorwardly expandinglorbulging` a normally nat element` `of sheet material.` Of course other articles than` bottlesmaybe equally well simulated. n .l Y

Furtherand more specific objects, faturesnand advantages will more clearly `appear from, the

detailed description hereinafter set forthtespecially when taken in connection withzthe accompanying drawings which illustrate a present preferred form which the inventionmay assume andv mediate the top and bottom thereof is bent forl ward to `form intermediatefwalls forwardly con-` verging. Out of this central portion is stamped a `tab which extends from the outer edgewofone intermediate wall horizontally to a `slit formedin the outer edge of the other and the end of the tab is formed with a tongue to engage said slit and hold the intermediate walls in their angular relation. The edges of the side walls are cut back at two points to simulate separate tiers for purposes which will appear later.

At the bottom of the main sheet and between the side walls there extends a flat sheet or strip which can be folded in a zig-zag manner and whichis connected by tongue and slit connections to the side walls at its ends and by similar means at its intermediate portion to one of the intermediate walls.

To the various sloping surfaces thus formed by the side walls, the intermediate walls, and

the sloping surfaces" of the bracingmember may` be connected by stapling buttpreferablyfbyadl hesive alseries of tiered rows of article-'represente'.` ing `forms Whichmay be shapedand decorated torepresent` bottles. Inthislatter case these particular .sheets` may:` bebulged `toxsimulate the curvature of bottles.

By merely disconnectingthe tongue and slit connections which hold` the intermediate `walls in angular position,the device maybezfolded flat andA to completely disassemble the .deviceit is then necessary merely to disconnect the tongueand l slit connections between thebracing memberand the` side and intermediate walls1 abovefldescribed. The lower tier of bottle-representing;forms'are connected to the;intermediatesbracing member and the sidewalls; the` middle tienof formsare` tion may `assume is illustrated in the drawings,

of which l Fig.` 1 is azfrontelevation of .the form inopera-l tive position; i

Fig. 2 `is v a side4 elevation 1 thereof; Figi. 3 is a plan viewfthereof; l

Fig. 4 is a` rear elevation'of the assembled form;

l Fig. 5 is a view of :the main blank laid at;

`1ig.x6is.azat View of theintermediate lower' "Inlthe specific form chosen to t illustrate the `invention the device..when in opened operative positionrepresents ai series of bottles having three.

l in thelower tier, two in the middle tier, and one in the top tier or row.; These `bottle-representing` forms .arelsheets mi.: of vcardboard 1 shaped` in prolefto `represent 'bottles and, suitably deco#A rated to thus simulate bottles although the decol The frame on which and to which these forms t are connected comprises a main sheet or blank I2 foldable along a vertical center line I3 to form side Walls I4 and I5 to extend forward in a divergent angular relation as shown in Fig. 3. This q sheet I2 is cut back at I6 and I1 along its edges for reasons which will be obvious as the description unfolds. The central portion of the sheet I2 intermediate at top and bottom wall is also folded forwardly to form intermediate walls I8 and I9 as shown in Fig. 3, which extend forward in a converging angular relation. A lock tab 20 is out out of the sheet I2 and extends from the outer side 2| of the intermediate wall I8 toward the outer side of the intermediate wall I9 where there is cut a 'slit 22 into which a 'tongue 23 on the end of tab 20 engages to lock the parts in their proper relation. To engage the tongue and the slit it is necessary to push thewalls I8 and Y I9 into their angular relation shown in Fig. k3 and to fold the sheet I2 forwardly as lshown in the same ligure. This engagement therefore is the main lock to hold the form in its position.

operative opened Along the bottom of the sheet I2 there are disposed three slits 24, one in the middle of each sidewall and one at the line of fold I3. An intermediate bracing and vsupporting member 25 is shown in Fig. 6 and is made up of four sections 21 foldably connected with lock tongues v28 y I4 and I5 firmly. The sections `21 also 'act as p supports for the lower tier of bottle-representing forms I as. shown in Fig. 3 to which sections these forms lOare glued,.as shown, by tabs I I.

In operation. the sheet, I2 and the forms I9 and the bracing member 25 are flat .as shown in Figs. 5, 7, and Grespectively. The sheet is folded with the. side walls vforwardly extending and with the center portion pushed also forward to formV the intermediate Walls at a middle level of the sheet. Then the tab can vbe locked in the manner `olescribed to hold the form in this position. Then the bracing member is folded zig-zag and connected at its ends and the middle as described along the lower portion of the sheet between the side walls. The forms I0 are then glued to the respective walls thus disposed to support them. When the device is to be packed for storage or shipment allthat need be done is to release the tab 20 and also themember 25 whereupon `the whole device can be pressed flat.

While the invention has been describedin detail and with respect to a present preferred form which the invention may assume, it is no1-,to be limited to such details andform since many changes and modifications may be made in the device without departing. from the spirit and scope of the invention in its broadest aspects. Hence it is desired to cover anyand all forms and `manner and disposed along the lower portion of the sheet extending between the side walls thereof and tongue and slit connections for connecting the ends of the bracing member to the side walls and its middle to one of the intermediate walls. Y

2. A display device which comprises a sheet foldable along a vertical central line at a diver.

gent angle to form side Walls, a central portion thereof between the top and bottom bendable forward at a convergent angle to form intermediate walls, a tab formed from the sheet and extending from the outer side of one intermediate wall toward the outer side of the .other intermediate Wall which has a slit therein and a tongue on the tab to engage the slitto hold the their folded position.

3. A display device which comprises a sheet n foldable along a central vertical portion at a divergent angle to form side walls, a central portion thereof between the top and bottom of the sheet bendable forward at a convergent angle to form intermediate Walls, a tab formed from the sheet and extending from the outer side of one' intermediate wall and toward the outer side of. the other intermediate wall which has a slit therein, a tongue on the tabV to engage the slit to hold the parts in their folded position,A a bracingmember foldable in a zig-zag'manner and disposed along the lower portion ofthe sheet extending between the side Walls thereof and tongue and' slit connections for connecting the ends of the bracing member to the side walls and itsmiddle to one of the intermediate walls, and article representing forms bent in a curve and glued at their side edges to the various side, intermediate and bracing member Walls at various levels to simulate a pyramid JOHN AUSTIN TAYLOR.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES lPATENTS Number Name Date 1,028,147 Stranders June 4, 1912 1,822,571 Einson Sept. 8, 1931 2,099,015 Horr Nov. 16, 1937 parts` in'V or group of articles on display.' 

